Tips
Tip #82
Personal Protection Act, Reality
Bites, Preparedness, Local Events & Stupid Criminals
Good evening Folks. Jon Gutmacher October 1, 2005, seminar reference the
"Protection of Persons and Property Act" was simply outstanding!
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind as well as the other 175 persons
in attendance why Jon is the expert in concealed weapon matters. After his
presentation, Jon responded to questions from the attendees and then
autographed books for his many fans. We had an unexpected bonus that Saturday.
Randy "Macho Man" Savage joined Jon, signed autographs and greeted
his many fans. Unfortunately the media presence was anemic with the exception
of News Channel 8, Bay News 9 and WN Women's News. For these three outlets, you
have my sincere gratitude and pledge to assist with questions and concerns in
the self-defense arena. Oh well, I guess the other media resources much prefer
to remain uneducated and biased -- their usual approach to life! If you missed
the seminar, please be sure to review Jon's analysis of the new act on his
website, www.FloridaFirearmsLaw.com.
FYI, Jon just released his Sixth Edition of 'Florida Firearms - Law, Use &
Ownership' due to the major changes resulting from the new act. The book price
is only $26.95 and is a great gift for family, friends and yourself. In my
opinion, if you have the Fourth Edition, it is past time to buy a new book my
friends!
Please don't forget -- the holiday season
is approaching rapidly. Rather than go to the mall and deal with all that
shopping crap, why not consider a personalized gift certificate? Major Norm
Belson, Inc. certificates may be used for CWP classes, Self Defense classes,
Tactical classes, Junior Shooting classes, class package deals, Coronado
Leather products to include special orders, Guardsman alarm systems, Mylar
glass protection and home and business security surveys. I have a great
selection of Coronado Leather concealed carry products in stock at Knight
Shooting Sports and will offer an extra 20% discount off the sale price (red
tag) on those items through December 25, 2005. All you have to do is present a
copy of Tip #82 to receive your extra 20% off the marked sales price. Of
course, please don't forget that Knight Shooting Sports also offers gift
certificates for all kinds of products to include range time, security devices,
and ammunition and so on. As usual, I am going to review some recent local
events that should give you food for thought. See you at Knight Shooting
Sports! Tnx Norm & Jane 727-535-9151
PS -- Remember, if I may assist with
either training or security concerns, please give me a call or drop me a note!
FYI, I am conducting CWP classes November 13 & 19 and December 2, 11 &
17. A Ladies Only CWP class is scheduled for December 18. Tactical classes are
scheduled for November 12 & December 4 and Advanced Tactical classes
November 20 and December 10. By the way, if you have previously completed the
Advanced Tactical class (draw from the holster), please see the cashier at
Knight Shooting Sports. They will have a new waiver for you to sign as well as
a new range ID card so that you may resume drawing from the holster without
supervision. That new card must be approved by Ed Martenfeld so please be aware
that you may have to pick it up at a later date. Please give me a call at
727-535-9151 if any questions.
Reality Bites
I have to admit that October has been an interesting month. I met a lot of folks at Knight Shooting
Sports, all potential students you betcha, within that 31 day period. One
couple was taking a nap in their home in the middle of the afternoon.
Unfortunately, they failed to lock the front door. The wife was awakened by a
noise in their bedroom, looks up and sees a burglar in their bedroom. He sees
her looking at him, grabs her purse and runs out the door. This is called an
'Occupied Residential Burglary' and often results in death, great bodily injury
or a sexual crime or any combination of the above. This scumbag is a mutt that
I would be worried about. A 'normal burglar' would leave quickly as soon as he
discovered an occupant. He was 'snooping & pooping' in their bedroom with
the husband present. What is so dadgum difficult about locking doors &
windows? Another customer is involved in a construction business with
his buddy. The buddy has a habit of paying their employees in cash and always
leaves for the job sites at 6AM on payday. He walks out to his car that payday,
notices a strange vehicle parked in front of his neighbor's house, disregards
same and bends down to pick up his newspaper. The next sound is three car doors
slamming and running feet. Ooops -- three scumbag armed robbers with SKS and
AK47 rifles introduce themselves -- to the company payroll! Aren't habits
great? Adios $30,000! Another victim is servicing his route and becomes
engrossed in working inside his vehicle with his back exposed to the street in
a position that provided a covert approach. At least two scumbags sneak up
behind him and introduce themselves by sticking a gun in his back -- say
good-bye to those days’ receipts! All of the above occurred in
Ugly Local Event - Round Two
"Intruder rapes, robs
Remember
this event from Tip #81? Well, here is a similar dastardly crime committed
against a 77-year-old man in Pasco County October 7, 2005. He also left his
garage door as well as the door into his house open at 1PM. Here is the
headline as it appeared in the October 8, 2005, edition of the St. Petersburg
Times:
"Home invader beats
In this
case, this reprehensible scumbag pepper sprayed his victim, beat him severely
about his head and then ransacked the elderly victim's home. Let's review
burglary stats once again and at least make the animals have to work to get
into our homes! You think this behavior is uncommon my friends? Very simply
disproved -- just take a look around as you drive through residential areas.
The number of open garage doors is amazing. My analysis of 350 residential
burglaries in
1. most residential burglaries occur
between 8AM -- 4PM (185 or 52.86%) -- the residents are away from home or
engaged in normal daytime activities and functions! One was at 8AM and one
was at 1PM!
2. Almost half (169 or 48.29%) of the
burglars entered through an unlocked door, window, garage or slider --
the majority of burglars will select the easiest, quickest and most quiet
entry. If force is used, the 'burglar tools' will be common yard or
household items found at the scene of the crime. Burglars do not like to have
burglar tools on or about their person for obvious reasons! Both of
these attackers were aided by open garage doors!
3. Glass was defeated in many instances
(69 or 38.12%) in those residences where force was used to gain entry -- glass
is always the weakest part of a locked home or business. Mylar fixes that
problem at a reasonable price as well as serving as excellent retro fit
solution for hurricanes and unexpected storms! Why break in when you can
walk in?
4. More than one-quarter (97 or 27.71%) of
the homes were either occupied at the time of the entry or the
resident(s) returned home while the burglary was in progress -- I define 'good'
burglars as those that are interested in property and either choose
another target or flee immediately if the target is occupied or becomes occupied
while 'bad' burglars are those that don't care if occupied. I consider to
those scumbags to be targeting the occupants rather than their property! Both
of these were known to have been occupied and the residents specifically
attacked!
5. Nearly 10.0% (29 of 350) of
the burglars either brought weapons with them or armed themselves after entry
-- this is a scumbag that you should respect and fear because if he is stupid
enough, brazen enough, crazy enough or so high on mind altering
substances or any combination thereof that he ignores the fact that Armed
Burglary is a Capital Offense, he might be willing to use that weapon! The
rapist had a knife!
6. Ten (2.86%) of the
burglaries involved some type of sexual attack or overtone -- I don't believe that
all burglaries with sexual overtones were specifically planned that way
but occurred more as a crime of opportunity! One case involved the rape of a
helpless female!
7. Persons known to be
either workers or visitors (21 or 6.00%) committed these burglaries -- I
feel that there is more of this type burglary than reported simply because the
scumbags were not identified! It appears that the 77-year-old man was being
cased over a period of time but not sure if either victim had previous contact with
the cowardly POS's that attacked them!
8. Stinking burglars are
prototypical scumbag cockroaches as demonstrated when the home intrusion alarm
was activated (3 of the 350 reported burglaries) and the little
insects broke off their forced entry attempt and fled back to whatever cesspool
or slimy rock they called home! Alarm system presence and status
unknown -- how about a nice panic button? The Guardsman has one!
Please remember these old United States
Army Infantry credos:
1. You
protect from the outside in and defend from the inside out -- slow them down by
layering your passive defenses, hardening the target and buy the time you need
to gather your family, arm yourself and get law enforcement enroute. Of course,
you will have to make sure your family stays alive long enough to be
"rescued" by law enforcement!
2. It
is easier to keep them out then to throw them out -- based on my combat
experience, you may have to eject some piece of human waste that doesn't want
to leave. You now have a real problem!
Please feel free to give me a call if I
may assist! I simply do not want to go to any more crime scenes. Twenty-five
years of that crap culminating in the tragedy next door is enough already!
Disaster Preparedness
One of
my clients asked me what Jane and I do to prepare for hurricanes, natural
disasters and civil unrest. This seems like a very important topic particularly
after the last two storm seasons. Hurricane Katrina's impact in
Local Events
"A shove, a fall, and her Explorer was gone"
"Boyfriend, 18, shoots
girl, 15, in her face"
This is
a classic Stupid Discharge event involving a scumbag 18-year-old punk
with an extensive juvenile criminal history who somehow or other obtains a 9MM
handgun, the 15-year-old girl plays hooky from school to go to his apartment to
hang out, he is playing with the 'empty' gun, thinks the safety is on (it
isn't, pulls the trigger and shoots the girl in the face. The bullet hits her
in the nose, travels into her jaw, and knocks out five teeth and then
splinters. She of course is in critical condition and needs multiple serious
surgeries to include removal of fragments from her spinal cord. Of course,
junior scumbag is arrested and charged with delinquent in possession of a
firearm. I'll also bet that the firearm was reported stolen during a burglary
so there will be an Armed Battery in the lad's future! Please remember the five
steps that I advocate for clearing an auto loading pistol -- remove the
magazine, lock the slide to the rear, visually inspect the magazine well,
visually inspect the chamber and then stick the little finger of your
non-shooting hand into the chamber. If you feel a hole -- the gun is truly
unloaded!
Stupid Criminals
I must admit
that this is my favorite part of the newsletter. I take great comfort in the
fact that the overwhelming majority of scumbags are dumber than dog dirt. Here
are a few examples:
In Davie, Florida, this scumbag rapes a
woman and forces her to write a $1,400 check in his real name. Of course, this
brain surgeon goes to a nearby check cashing store to receive his $1400. The
clerk calls the victim who is being interviewed by the police at her apartment.
Next thing you know, a surprised rapist is in custody!
Talk about paranoia! This
Stupid is as stupid does! This scumbag
rapes a woman in Seminole after drugging her. He is having such a good time
apparently that he decides to make a videotape of his conquest. During the
rape, the poor victim wakes up and recognizes her attacker so he flees the
scene pausing just long enough to recover his videotape of the crime. You
guessed it -- when arrested this moron still had the tape. Should be great for
Show & Tell during his trial!
This husband and wife team of
marijuana growers in
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